Beyond the Coyote is this weekend in Wicker Park. After perusing the line up of participating music acts, I decided to check out their web, Myspace, and Facebook pages to see what fare I might like to take in this year
Former Illinois Democratic Congressman, Dan Rostenkowski, died in his summer home in Lake Benedict, WI, on Aug. 11. He served in the U.S. House for more than thirty-five years
In the Wicker Park/Bucktown neighborhood, Gorilla Tango Theatre is running the Brikenbrak Theatre Project performance of "The Samaritan Syndrome". The Gorilla Tango Theatre is a live theatrical venue that presents a wide variety of performances by a diverse group of talented producers, directors, actors, and writers.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and 95 others including dozens of top government officials were killed in a 20-year-old Russian plane that had been recently refurbished.
Efstathia (Effie) Harriet Mihopoulos was born in Chicago to Andrew and Koula Mihopoulos on Feb. 15, 1952. In December 2009 she went to Swedish Covenant Hospital because she was not feeling well; at that time she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In January, Effie was transferred to a Hospice at Weiss Memorial, where she passed away on Jan. 14, 2010.
Janice Metzger lived in Wicker Park for over thirty years amongst the historical grandeur of mansions and humble worker cottages. Metzger had a passion for Wicker Park. She wanted to preserve a little funkiness, make it greener, create a tight knit community and make sure the art community survived. As a vocal urban activist she had a hand in improving the city's mass transit.
